Simple Tom Yum Soup Recipe

There’s a reason for Tom Yum Soup to be one of the most well known dishes in Thai cuisine, but you will find out why after tasting it! The recipe will require some exotic ingredients like the Kaffir Lime leaves, which are very important even, you would think otherwise. Then the shrimps and white mushrooms are the basics that you will need to replicate this awesome soup recipe.

Equipment you will need:

1. Cutting Board
2. Chopping Knife
3. Medium Pot

A brilliant combination of ingredients for a perfect asian delight made at home! Just don’t forget that if you don’t use the Kaffir Lime leaves, it will turn out to be something completely different!

Ingredients

½ lb White Mushrooms

4 Shallots

4 cloves of Garlic

3 Limes

1 handful Coriander

2 Red Chillies

1 tsp Fish Sauce

2 tsp Soy Sauce

1 tsp ground Ginger

10 Shrimps

1 cup Coconut Cream

5 Kaffir Lime leaves

1 liter of Water

1 tsp Sugar

Salt to taste

Steps

Step 1

Start by adding your water to a medium pot on high heat and let it boil

Step 2

Coarsely break all the kaffir lime leaves and add them to the pot

Step 3

Chop your garlic, chillies, shallots and mushrooms and add them to the boiling water

Step 4

Peel your shrimps and keep the heads, add the shrimps and heads to the pot and reduce the heat to low and cook for 10 minutes